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Crossover Mission BUILDING THE FUTURE OF CROSSOVER MISSION Grant: $70,000 Funds Used: $70,000 Total Children Served: 65 unduplicated children Cost per child: $1,076.92 Focus Area: Middle and High School Programs that Address Risky Behavior; After School and Summer Recreational Activities and Academic Enrichment Programs Taxonomy Number: PH -1400.5000-100 Adult/Child Mentoring Programs Program Description: Crossover helps the kids who need us most, primarily boys, ages 8-18, through a program of year-round basketball and one-to-one academic mentoring. Included in the Crossover program is a subset of high-risk students who continue to display disruptive behaviors and experience ongoing academic failure. In this population, each student is assigned a team and evaluated weekly. Interventions may include; up to 4 additional mentoring days per week, ongoing communication with the school staff, advocacy in testing/development of Individualized Education Plan (when indicated), additional support with transportation/medical/legal issues, and in cases of imminent school drop-out, an online homeschool program administered full-time at the Crossover Center. The startup of our Academic School Year 2020-21: Our academic year commenced on August 31, 2020. We currently have 53 active students fully enrolled in the program and 25 plus middle and high school youth that are pending enrollment, awaiting the start of competitive elite basketball training. We have achieved 100% remote connectedness with our student athletes across age groups (elementary, middle and high school). Attendance at individual virtual Academic Mentoring sessions each week are underway as well as live basketball training which is held at Leisure Square in Vero Beach. Currently, we have 51 active volunteer mentors and are in the process of onboarding more. Collaboration: Under normal operations Crossover collaborates with The Source, the Gifford Youth Achievement Center and the School District of Indian River County. Due to COVID these collaborations are not active. Crossover has formalized an additional collaboration with A Fulfilled Life International LLC, for counseling and mental health support. Crossover partners with this agency to provide guidance and to teach coping skills that help teens navigate through these formidable years to address and redirect risky behaviors. This agency also provides our students with individual and family sessions on an as -needed basis. GOALS/OUTCOMES REPORT Goal 1: 90% of enrolled Crossover students will fully participate (less than 3 unexcused absences per quarter) in school year Crossover activities. Result: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Crossover has worked hard to continue the mission of supporting our student athletes in academics and athletics. Crossover management had to pivot from live to virtual programming in March 2020 and that process was challenging due to connectivity issues with students/parents and youth at home unsupervised while parents had to work. Crossover staff and volunteer academic mentors worked double time to keep our student athletes connected and focused on academics. The tendency was for kids to sleep all day, avoid online school and play video games all night. We chased parents and student athletes to keep them aware of the seriousness of the academic situation and to stay engaged. The result was positive with 89% of our students performing at their highest level yet during the most difq(* period